On November 28, 2017, 08:41 Moscow time, a space vehicle Soyuz-2.1b lifted off from Vostochny Cosmodrome. The upper stage Fregat successfully placed into orbit a Meteor-M spacecraft.
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NASA dixit:
“Early on the morning of Saturday, November 18, NASA successfully launched for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) the first in a series of four advanced polar-orbiting satellites, equipped with next-generation technology and designed to improve the accuracy of U.S. weather forecasts out to seven days. The Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) lifted off on a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base on California’s central coast. JPSS-1 data will improve weather forecasting and help agencies involved with post-storm recovery by visualizing storm damage and the geographic extent of power outages.”
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NASA dixit:
“Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station November 14 after a two-day journey following its launch November 12 on the company’s Antares rocket from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Dubbed the “SS Gene Cernan” after the late Gemini and Apollo astronaut who was the last man to walk on the moon, Cygnus was captured by Expedition 53 Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli of ESA (the European Space Agency) and Commander Randy Bresnik of NASA using the station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm. Cygnus was loaded with some 3.5 tons of supplies and science experiments for the Expedition crew members on the unique orbiting laboratory and is scheduled to remain attached to the Unity module until early January.”
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NASA dixit:
“Engineers at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi on October 19 completed a hot-fire test of RS-25 rocket engine E2063, a flight engine for NASA’s new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. Engine E2063 is scheduled to help power SLS on its Exploration Mission-2 (EM-2), the first flight of the new rocket to carry humans.”
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NASA dixit:
“NASA tested a parachute platform during the flight of a Terrier-Black Brant IX suborbital sounding rocket on October 4, from the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The rocket carried the Advanced Supersonic Parachute Inflation Research Experiment (ASPIRE) from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The mission will evaluate the performance of the ASPIRE payload, which is designed to test parachute systems in a low-density, supersonic environment.”
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NASA dixit:
“The unpiloted Russian ISS Progress 68 cargo craft arrived at the International Space Station October 16 on a resupply mission following a two day journey following its launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Progress delivered almost three tons of food, fuel and supplies for the Expedition 53 crew. The Progress automatically linked up to the Pirs Docking Compartment, where it will remain until next March.”
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